From Our Special Correspondent

Daijiworld Media Network

Panaji, Oct 7: Goa police are on the look out of a self styled godman from Karnataka for raping 19-year-old girl by spiking her drinks at Mapusa town, nine kilometres away from here.

The girl hailing from Vasco town has filed a formal complaint against the godman who is from Kundapur village in Dakshina Kannada district.

The incident happened on October 5 in a house near Mapusa town, the complaint mentions.

As per the complaint filed with Vasco police station, the girl has named the godman who sexually abused her in the room at Mapusa where she was taken by two people.

Vasco police said that the team of officers have already left for Karnataka to arrest the accused, who is booked under various sections including rape.

The girl has claimed that the accused Santosh Kumbhar who is originally from Nippani in Maharashtra took her in his four wheeler under the pretext of dropping her to the native place at Azra in Maharashtra.

She has stated that the accused made her drink a soft drink with stupefying drugs and thereafter took her to an unknown house close to Mapusa where the accused godman was present along with another accused Nikhil Chavan.

Both Nikhil and Santosh went away from the house leaving her with the godman who raped her and threatened her with dire consequences, if she discloses about it to anyone.

Vasco police have booked case under section 376 (rape), 377 (unnatural sexual abuse), 328 (giving stupefying drink), 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation) read with 34 of Indian Penal Code.